NORFOLK FESTIVAL

LOEFFLER'S STORY .

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Tttp annual music festival at Nut folk,Twin which I' regarded by all intisl ..

flans ns tlte highest Might of musicalIdmlisiii In the lulled SiatPs, cmito tolis einl on Thursday evening xxith a rnti-n- f

mrt.l eenprons iirrttwirl l.ois 'Ph..

TH programme of Tuesday tallied ;

Charles Martin t.oerfler's sxmphnny en-- ,

titled "Hnr.i Mystlea." the Brahmsr.pnen, an,, thP line,-- piano concert,, j

Mr Lneftlers work wns written for this ;

festival, .mil according to the Norfolkcustom was conducted hy the composerThe ..n,o,,,x In the Brahms work werP j

rierriiirffacle. kiruonc. The conductor wasArthur Mees, replacing Hlchiuond I.Talne. the regular conductor, now enjoy,ins li Sabbatical ear of rest. Therl.inl.1' wis the llrnzlllan, CiUlomar,S'e ao.,

The Tuesday night concert offeredrolling of noxelty This was hecauofere en masters ha been ton much

w Ih war thoughts and labors tooept the ItiMtatlonB of the I.ltchtlcl.l

Couniy Choral rnlon to write for It.The tlrt two parts of Hntdn's "Creat-ion," IWthoxen'H violin concerto andthe "Leonorc" oxerture. No. 3, weroSix en, The slngerw xvere .Miss Hlnkle,Tsui Al'lioiiFe and Herbert Wlther-fpM- n.

nliur Mees conducted the ora- -tnrle. ri-'i- j hrelslcr xvas the violinist.ard tlic two lleethoven nilinliers xxerweenrlueted by Henry I'. iSchinltt, a Xct- -tran nt these festivals.

Mhldleton In Amnio' IMilre.On Thursday night Tschalkow sky's

flf'h svmphony and jilano concerto xvereplated, followed by Victor Herbert'sIrish rhapsody. Then Arthur Mlddleton.I bafo of the Motrojoltii Oppr.i House,nr.g the prologue to "r.igll.iccl" and the

Lurco al fattotum" from "II Ilarblcret Sulslla." These numbers xxere tohive been sung by Mr. Am.ito, but hewis 1" Percy Oralngcr'.s new suite, "Ina Nutshell." for orchestra, piano and

ernl other Instruments, had Its flritII.Mrlnr, with the composer at the piano.

lie aiso piayeu tne Tsctialkoxvskv con- -Nlcdal's "Merry Wives ofIee.-t- oxerture served hh a reference to

the Shake-pear- e tercentenary, and theleonrert ended wl'h "America," sung bv

ehoru nnd audience. Henrv lladlevconduced the xvhole concert, evrept theOra inter composition, xxhlch fell to thelot of Mr. Mees.

Tlioi--c who know the hlstorv of theNorfolk festivals will see that the supreme artistic purpose s partly de- -

leaieu. ino i.itcntiem County ChoralI'nmn Is composed of some S00 wingersfrom fixe toxxns, xvho hax-- been broughttogether and provided with a music hallin .Norfolk by the bounty of Mr. andMrs. Carl Stoeckel. They finance the

project, which U thu .ii.l.lrd toIlr.the of ad commercial necessities. Notickets are sold am neon e can hear

1Ui.e concerts only by perfonnl Invitationmember of the chorus.

Tie aim of the scheme Is to cultlx-at- e

Itmons the people of the county a lox--

irer tne nest In music, and composers arItskel each year to prepare works epe- -

cens. t ne cliorus is one of tho flniwt .

l!n th world. Tho programmes glxen I "lnhove show that the most competentItoioifls are engaged. The orchestra Is I

helped by Mr. Schmltt. chiefly If not j

wholly from tho forces of the Phllhar- -rr.mlc Society of this city. When a com- -'

roer comes upon the stage to conductIhis own work the